AI adoption levels and policy implementation vary unevenly across academic units, shaped by discipline and external industry alignment¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Units differed in AI adoption and policy implementation: Copley Library showed very high adoption with the highest policy implementation, while CAS showed low adoption and low policy implementation, with professional schools' adoption influenced by external industry practice. → Dozier 2026

Evidence¶

Dozier 2026¶

Dozier, V., & Molina, S. C. (2026). Leading From the Precipice: How Academic Deans Are Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education. New Directions for Student Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.70077

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Survey-based case study findings section; Table 2 summarizes unit adoption levels (Copley very high, KSB high, Nursing and SOLES moderate, CAS low) with motivations and concerns. The text attributes professional schools' adoption to industry normalization and library adoption to vendor embedding of AI tools.

"Professional schools, such as Nursing and Business, displayed an adoption trend and policy implementation strongly influenced by their external industry peers, which normalized AI use in industry practice more quickly than those in the humanities."

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